 | Thomas Oliver Selfridge - Murder - 1807 - 182 pages
...him. And lie is not oblij,eo to retreat, but may pursue his adversary, until he has secured hnr.self .from all danger ; and if he kill him in so doing, it is justifiable i>elfdefence. Bin a bare fear, l,owever well grounded, unaccompanied ,lky any open act, indicative... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 202 pages
...a known felony, such as murder, rape, robbery, arson, burglary, and the like upon either. In these cases, he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue...all danger ; and if he kill him in so doing, it is called justifiable self-defence : as, on the other hand, the killing by such felons of any person,... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 726 pages
...intends and endeav273! ' ours ^y violence or surprise, to commit a known felony upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger, and if in a conflict between them, he happens to kill, such killing... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...(8) In cases of justifiable homicide, a man is not obliged to retreat in the first instance, and he may pursue his adversary until he has secured himself...all danger, and if he kill him in so doing, it is still justifiable selfdefence. But a bare fear of any of these attacks, however well grounded, as that... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...(8) In cases of justifiable homicide, a man is not obliged to retreat in the first instance, and he may pursue his adversary until he has secured himself...all danger, and if he kill him in so doing, it is still justifiable selfdefence. But a bare fear of any of these attacks, however well grounded, as that... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Criminal law - 1832 - 716 pages
...English law, a man may lawfully kill in defence of his person, against any attempted felony.5 In such cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger ; and if, in a conflict which then ensues, the assailant be killed,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Civil procedure - 1833 - 1020 pages
...burglary, and the like. («) In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may resist, and even pursue his adversary, until he has secured himself from all danger ; and if he even kill him in so doing, it is called and considered justifiable self-defence ; (n) and although... | |
 | Edmund Hayes - Criminal law - 1837 - 758 pages
...manifestly intends and endeavours by violence or surprise to commit a known felony upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger, and if in a conflict between them he happen to kill, such killing... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Criminal law - 1841 - 834 pages
...or surprise, to commit a known felony, such as rape, robbery, arson, burglary, or the like. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue...and if he kill him in so doing, it is justifiable self defence ; as, on the other hand, the killing by such felons of any person so lawfully defending... | |
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... upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary until he has secured himself from all danger; and if he kill him in so doing, it is called justifiable self-defense. 
